different between serval vs various

English

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cerv?rius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /?s??v?l/
• (US): enPR: sûr?v?l, IPA^(key): /?s?v?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)v?l

Noun

serval (plural servals)

1. A medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.

Translations

Anagrams

• arvels, larves, lavers, ravels, revals, salver, slaver, velars, versal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?rval]

Verb

serval

1. masculine singular past participle of servat

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r.v?l/
• Hyphenation: ser?val

Noun

serval m (plural servals)

1. serval, Leptailurus serval

   Synonym: woestijnlynx

Derived terms

• servalkat

Portuguese

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus (“wolf”) cervarius (“pertaining to a stag”) (wolf that hunts the stag), cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /se?.?vaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s??.?va?/
• Homophone: cerval
• Hyphenation: ser?val

Noun

serval m (plural servais)

1. serval (Leptailurus serval)

Spanish

Etymology

From French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cerv?rius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).

Noun

serval m (plural servales)

1. serval

Related terms

• ciervo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??.?i.?s/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?v???.i.?s/, (in some speakers) /?væ?.i.?s/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?v??.i.?s/
• , (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -??ri?s

Determiner

various

1. More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

   Various books have been taken.

   There are various ways to fix the problem.

   You have broken various of the rules.

Adjective

various (not comparable)

1. Having a broad range (of different elements).

   The reasons are various.

2. (dated) That varies or differs from others; variant; different.

   a various reading of a Biblical text

Synonyms

• diverse, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, multifarious, sundry; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

Antonyms

• monotonous

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• various in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• various in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Saviour, saviour